Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, USA.

A tea garden was a place to drink tea and stroll around lawns, ponds and view statues. These smaller versions of pleasure gardens flourished in the late 18th century. Examples were Cuper's Gardens and the area that became the Caledonian Cattle Market in London, England.

Tea gardens also flourished in Japan and examples of Japanese tea gardens can be found around the world.

Tea garden also refers to a tea plantation area where tea bushes are cultivated. These are found in Turkey(Karadeniz), India, Bangladesh (Sylhet) and Sri Lanka.

[edit] Famous Tea Gardens

• Japanese Tea Garden (San Francisco, California)
• Nitobe Memorial Garden (Vancouver, Canada)
• Oklahoma Botanical Garden and Arboretum (Stillwater, Oklahoma)
• The Orchard (Grantchester, UK)
• Yorkshire Stingo (Marylebone, UK)
• San Antonio Japanese Tea Gardens (San Antonio, Texas)

The Orchard Tea Garden in Grantchester, England

Illustration of Yorkshire Stingo, Marylebone, London

[edit] See also

• British tea culture
• Japanese garden
• Tea house
• Tea culture

[edit] External links

• London's lost tea gardens
• Goomtee Tea Garden in India
• Japanese styled private garden near Bolton in Lancashire England
• Coffehouses & tea gardens

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